If young athletes in Ruston and the surrounding area have a dream of one day suiting up for an organized football team, be it at all levels, then they have a golden opportunity to learn from the best in early April.

The Fred Dean Hall of Fame “Pro Day” for the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Central Louisiana will be an all-day affair on April 9.

From an early morning camp at Louisiana Tech University’s practice field to a celebrity banquet set for the Ruston Civic Center that night, the event will bring together a large group of instructors who played at the local level before going on to college or professional success.

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Whether it is playing at the Thomas Assembly Center or the Donald L. Tucker Center, this much is certain for Louisiana Tech University regarding tonight’s first-round game in the National Invitational Tournament:

The Bulldogs (28-6) are going to have to deal with a big, physical Florida State University (18-15) squad.

Louisiana Tech head baseball coach Lane Burroughs announced another addition to the 2016 class in left-handed pitcher Tanner Propst.

Propst will join the Bulldogs after a stellar senior season at Madison-Ridgeland Academy, which was capped off by a complete-game victory in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools 4A State Championship.

“Tanner gives us something that, quite frankly, we really need right now at Tech … a real power left-handed arm,” Burroughs said. “He threw on our field this summer and the stuff was absolutely electric.”

Louisiana Tech head coach Brooke Stoehr added another piece of the puzzle on Monday signing Springdale (Ark.) High School guard Kierra Lang to a national letter of intent.

“I am extremely excited to add Kierra to our family,” Stoehr said. “She adds size on the perimeter and can play multiple positions for us. She has the ability to score the basketball in a number of ways and create for her teammates. She is a very unselfish player.”

Louisiana Tech senior catcher Krysta Tutsch hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to tie it and freshman Morgan Turkoly led off the bottom of the 14th inning with a solo bomb to lead the Lady Techsters to a 3-2 win over UTSA in the first game of the Conference USA doubleheader Saturday.

Tech (23-15, 5-6 C-USA) came back in the nightcap and won 4-0 over UTSA (16-27, 8-9 C-USA) behind a complete-game shutout performance by freshman Preslee Gallaway.

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series starting at 1 p.m. today.